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Saturday, November 3, 2007 12:00 AM

How Oprah ruined the marathon

America's competitive spirit has been wrecked by feel-good amateurs like Oprah whose only goal is to stagger across the finish line.

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  • Sunday, November 4, 2007 01:03 PM

    to salon.com (and every other publisher)

    While Edward McClelland is surely loving all the bashing - he probably still believes that any attention is better than none at all - I do hope the editors at salon.com and every other publisher take to heart the criticisms that have appeared in response to this (and other) recent rants from Mr. M. it's not a question of his opinion, but his absolute inability to

    make a coherent argument or one at least that leaves him a leg to stand on; with reducing complexity in issues and positions with a degree of cynicism that most of us grew out of in our freshman year. time for him but more importantly the media, to move on! I hope the Chicago Reader and other respectable publications that run his work are listening.

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